| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第13-22页 |
| 1.1 Research Orientation | 第13页 |
| 1.2 Research Topic | 第13-17页 |
| 1.2.1 Definitions | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2.1.1 Community Correction in China | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2.1.2 Persuasion | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Rationale of the Theme | 第17-19页 |
| 1.4 Research Questions and Research Significance | 第19页 |
| 1.4.1 Research Questions | 第19页 |
| 1.4.2 Research Significance | 第19页 |
| 1.5 Methodology and Data Collection | 第19-22页 |
| 1.5.1 Methodology | 第19-20页 |
| 1.5.2 Data collection | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-37页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Community Correction Discourse | 第22-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Overseas studies on Community Correction | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Domestic Studies on Community Correction | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.3 Summary | 第25页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Persuasion | 第25-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Overseas Research Status of Persuasion | 第25-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Domestic Research Status of Persuasion Theory | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies on the Application of Persuasion Theory in Forensic Linguistics | 第29页 |
| 2.2.4 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on Appraisal Theory | 第30-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Overseas Research Status of Appraisal Theory | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3.2 Domestic Research Status of Appraisal Theory | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4 Application of Appraisal Theory | 第33-37页 |
| 2.4.1 Studies on the Application of Appraisal Theory | 第33-34页 |
| 2.4.2 Studies on the Application of Appraisal Theory in Forensic Linguistics | 第34-35页 |
| 2.4.3 Summary | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第37-46页 |
| 3.1 Frameworks of Persuasion Theory | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2 Theoretical Framework of Appraisal Theory | 第38-42页 |
| 3.3 An Integrated Analytical Framework | 第42-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR APPRAISAL RESOURCES IN PERSUASION IN COMMUNITY CORRECTION | 第46-78页 |
| 4.1 An Overall Analysis | 第46-49页 |
| 4.2 Appraisal Resources Employed by the Communicator | 第49-62页 |
| 4.2.1 Credibility of the communicator | 第49-59页 |
| 4.2.2 Attractiveness of the Communicator | 第59-62页 |
| 4.3 Appraisal Resources Employed in Message Content | 第62-70页 |
| 4.4 Appraisal Resources Employed by the Audience | 第70-77页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第77-78页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第78-82页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第78-81页 |
| 5.2 Limitations | 第81-82页 |
| REFERENCES | 第82-88页 |
| APPENDIX TRANSCRIPTION OF RECORDINGS,TAPES AND WRITTEN MATERIALS | 第88-260页 |
